Improvement in cradles



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

FRANKLIN oHIoHEsTEE, oF MILWAUKEE, wIsooNsIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN CRADLES.

Specication forming ,part of Letters Patent Nall/11,033, dated July 22, 1873; 'application filed June 7, 1873.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN CHIcHEs- TER, of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Spring-Gradle, of which the following is a-specication:

The object of this invention is to improve the action of spring cradles and cribs for children; and it consists in a central pivot at each end of the cradle, attached either to the body or to-the base of the crib or cradle, in combination witha plate spring or springs.

Figure l is an end elevation. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of Fig.l,taken on the line xm.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the end cross-rail of the crib or cradle. B is the base or foundation piece at each end. C is the pivot at each end. This pivot may be in any form, eitherround orilat. It is preferably a flat plate, with the bearing-point similar to the knife-edges of weighing-scales, and may be attached to either the body or the base-piece. To maintain the pivotal point in one position the edge is confined by an angle or V of either wood or metal. D is a,

FRANKLIN GHICHESTER.

Witnesses:

T. B. MosHER, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

